Maserati launched its Nettuno V6 in 2020 with the arrival of the MC20 sports activities automotive (now the MCPura). The model’s first in-house engine in over 20 years has since made its option to all the things from the Grecale SUV to the GranTurismo—and it isn’t going anyplace. However it should evolve.
Chatting with Maserati executives in the course of the launch of the most recent 2027 fashions, the corporate confirmed that the Nettuno V6 may have an enormous position in its lineup over the subsequent few years. As COO Santo Ficili says bluntly:
‘I’m personally in love with this engine.’
However as so lots of its rivals have performed not too long ago, Maserati does have hybridization plans for the Nettuno V6 within the close to future. Cristiano Fiorio, Maserati’s Chief Advertising Officer, says:
‘We do see a hybrid future for the Nettuno, as a result of it is one other sort of efficiency that we are able to get. It additionally offers extra worth to the client sooner or later.’
That mentioned, don’t count on to see a plug on any of Maserati’s future hybrid fashions. The corporate says that prospects on the lookout for plug-in electrification have the Folgore fashions to select from, whereas future hybrids will stay conventional:
‘We have now each low-hybridization—that means 48-volt—and, ultimately, high-voltage hybridization in our product portfolio. We aren’t pursuing an answer with the plug-in hybrid… So, delicate hybridization, high-voltage hybridization, not plug-in hybridization.’
It’s nonetheless unclear which fashions will get hybridization with the Nettuno engine first, however we’d count on to see that setup on the Grecale SUV earlier than it makes its option to the GranTurismo and different fashions.
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Supply: Maserati
Motor1’s Take: It is smart that Maserati would transfer so as to add hybridization to its Nettuno V6. With the hybrid four-cylinder gone from the Grecale lineup, some type of electrification is required.
